Asda have requested to further appeal the judgment in the Supreme Court, permission for that appeal is yet to be decided

The Employment Tribunal will hear evidence regarding whether the roles of the shop workers in store and workers in the distribution centres are of equal value.

Asda workers will argue that the work carried out in stores, which is predominantly carried out by women, is of equal value to that carried out in Asda’s distribution centres which is predominantly carried out by men and will argue that as both groups of workers are preforming work of equal value Asda should pay them the same rate of pay.

“It’s about time for this highly profitable supermarket giant to stop blocking the legal claims of our women members, accept the ruling of the courts and get its shop in order.

“Instead of seeking to impose a wildly unpopular so-called ‘flexible’ contract on the very same workforce, Asda should be addressing a historic pay injustice which has seen women workers losing out for years.”